© by Khalilullah Khalili (1907 - 1987)
Translation by Anonymous / Unidentified Author
Oh’ Great Mountain, reaching far into...
Language: English after the Persian (Farsi)
Oh’ Great Mountain, reaching far into the sky! How long will you find satisfaction in self love? Though just a tiny butterfly, I am yet free, To dance on a flower head while you remain shackled. I am the bitter fruit falling upon the earth. Thus in the clutches of time I remain. O spring of liberty! Your grace, what else it could be But to render this bitter fruit sweet? What, Alas, has been my joy from the cup of life? Like a candle burning in the blowing wind, I tremble, I burn, ... I die.
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Text Authorship:
- by Anonymous / Unidentified Author [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]
Based on:
- a text in Persian (Farsi) by Khalilullah Khalili (1907 - 1987), copyright © [text unavailable]
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Stanley Grill (b. 1953), "Oh’ Great Mountain, reaching far into the sky!", 2021 [ chorus, violin ], from Voices of Afghanistan, no. 2, confirmed with an online score [sung text checked 1 time]
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This text was added to the website: 2023-01-22
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